Design and evaluation of A3×21 Element 1.75 Dimensional tapered ultrasound phased array for the treatment of prostate disease

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Wada, Masashi ^c   Sekino, Tohru ^c   Kusunose, Takafumi ^c   Nakayama, Tadachika ^c   Choa, Yong Ho ^c   Niihara, Koich ^c   Smith, N B ^a,b   Saleh, K Y ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

1.75 D array; Focusing; Matching layer; Necrosis; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISEASE CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

NECROSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PROSTATE DISEASES; TRANSDUCER FABRICATIONS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 3142764092     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14328917.2004.11784841     Document Type: Article

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